Last week I was in Guatemala and took some street portraits. I’d forgotten how much I enjoyed it.
These are are a few shots of Don Chico, a would-be neighborhood Godfather in Zone 4. He told me the story of how at 12 he started a bike rental business, and how by 15 he had bought several buses and ran unofficial transport routes around the city. At 18 he got caught driving the getaway car for some friends who had robbed a bank, and spent 3 years in jail. Most of his tattoos are from this time, made with a guitar string for a needle.
He’s been on the corner I shot him at for 30 years with his family, his love of automobiles evident from the ever changing display of vintage and custom cars out front. He told me you have to know how to pay your debts, and that you have to tell the truth even when it’s tough. He also said that things never end, and that we never stop learning.
Face-sculpting with @mattiatres , for @thegreatestmagazine . Staring at peoples faces and trying to tell stories through them, and through the light that hits them, will always be my reason to return to photography. It's just fun.
Styled by the amazing @ramonatabita , with hair by @stefano.cm and makeup by @claudia_malavasi , shot with my friend @giorgia_faga .
Been digging through the archives trying to get back into posting and hopefully shooting some new stuff. In the meantime heres a shot of @andreatonduti for @vogueitalia 🔥🌓🔥
It's been a while since i've posted here. With everything going on, my personal work has been somewhat neglected. I'm trying to remedy that, slowly but surely. For now here's an old one that I like of my granfather, sitting on his bed some 10 years ago. I printed it in a darkroom I had at my mother's house back then. I was really into the filed down edges on my negative holder. I found it in a drawer a while back and now I have it posted on my fridge. I see it everyday.
